Budget (Scotland) Act 2000

PART 3MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Budget revisions

6Amendment of this Act

(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument amend—

(a)the amount specified in section 4(1),

(b)schedules 1 to 4,

(c)column 2 of schedule 5.

(2)No order may be made under subsection (1) unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.

Supplementary

7Interpretation

(1)In this Act—

  • “the Fund” means the Scottish Consolidated Fund,

  • “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46),

  • “the 2000 Act” means the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 1),

(2)Expressions used in this Act and in the 2000 Act have the same meanings in this Act as they have in that Act.

8Short title

This Act may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000.